Clothes-washer.



E. R. POWERS.

CLOTHES WASHER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-24, 1914.

1,175,175. 1 Patentd Mar. 14,1916.

EMORY R. POWERS, OF GARDENA, CALIFORNIA.

CLOTHES-WASHER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 14, 1916.

Application filed August 24, 1914. Serial No. 858,177.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EMORY R. Pownns, the l Wer end of the cylinder 5.

a citizen of the United States, residing at Gardena, in the county of Los Angelcs, State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Clothes-\Vashers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a clothes washer, and particularly pertains to a clothes washing device of the pounder type.

It is the object of this invention to provide a washing device of the pounder type which embodies means for mechanically creating a suction in the pounder whereby the water will be drawn through the clothes being washed into the interior of the device on the upward movement thereof and forced therefrom through the clothes on the downward movement thereof so as to effect a thorough washing action.

A further object is to provide a suction clothes stamper having a reciprocal plunger therein with resilient connections between the plunger and the pounder casing whereby the stamper and the casing may be automatically reciprocated in opposite directions in relation to each other, and whereby they are maintained in their normal relative positions.

Another object is to provide a simple and durable construction of the plunger and casing whereby they may be manufactured and assembled.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a view of the device in side elevation partly in vertical section with portions broken away. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of same. Fig. 3 is a detail horizontal section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

More specifically, 5 indicates the body portion of the device which is cylindrical in form and is preferably made of sheet metal with the lower end turned outwardly to form a bead or rim 6 at the mouth thereof. The upper end of the cylinder 5 is attached to a head member 8 preferably consisting of a wooden disk having a central opening 9 therethrough; the upper end of the cylinder being secured to a reduced portion of the head 8 by means of screws 7.

Surrounding the cylinder 5 adjacent its lower end is a divergent flange 11 affixed to the circumferential surface of the cylinder 5 at 12 and having its lower end bent to form an annular bead or rim 13 thereon which is disposed on a plane slightly above This flange 11 forms a continuous channel around the casing 5 which is wedge-shaped in cross section; the lower end thereof being open.

Formed in the fiangell is a series of aper-V tures 14: spaced suitable distances apart and preferably arranged on a plane approximately mediate the width of the flange.

Mounted within the casing 5 is a wooden plunger 15 having a reduced lower end portion forming a shoulder 17 on which a rubber packing ring 18 is seated. The packing ring 18 is held inplace by means of a metallic disk 19 having a diameter slightly less than the interior diameter of the cylinder 5 and formed with an upturned flange 20 adapted to bear on the outer face of a gasket 18; the disk 19 being held in place on the plunger 15 by means of a bolt 21 which passes through the center of the disk 19 and the plunger 15 and extends-into a plunger rod 22 which projects into a recess on the upper face of the plunger 15. A lateral recess 23 is formed in the side of the The plunger rod 22 extends upwardly throughtheaperture 9' and has a pin 25 thereon adapted to engage the underside of the head 8 to limit the upward movement of the plunger 15 within the cylinder 6.

Interposed between the head 8 and the plunger 15 is a series of coiled springs 26 which exert an upward pull on the plunger 15 and normally act to retain the plunger in its uppermost position as shown in Fig. 1.

The cylinder 5 is formed with a series of air vents 28 adjacent its upper end, and has out of the lower portion of the cylinder so' that when the plunger 15 is retracted which is effected by the springs 26, the upward movement of the plunger 15 will act to draw water into the lower end of the cylinder below the plunger to displace the airpresecured to said plunger, resilient means tendingto hold the plunger in a retracted position, and an apron secured to the cylinder provided with apertures adjacent its juncture with the cylinder, the lower edge thereof positioned above the lower edge of said cylinder.

In witness that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto subscribed my name this 21st day of July, 1914.

E. R. POWERS.

Witnesses:

EDMUND A. STRAUSE, MARIE BATTEY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, 20.0. 

